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Daily Archive: December 22, 2009

“It is absolutely amazing to see what our team has accomplished in less than one month”

Alex Tagliani spent this week in Indianapolis working out of the newly completed FAZZT Race Team shop. The team moved in to the 25,000 square foot race shop 30 days ago and took delivery of all of its race equipment and chassis at the same time. Read the rest of this entry »

The GP3 Series is proud to unveil its inaugural race calendar. Eight rounds have been confirmed for the 2010 season, seven of which will support the FIA Formula One World Championship. The season goes green in Barcelona where Formula One kicks off its European season. Read the rest of this entry »

The first images of an innovative new F2000 car, the Radon Rn.10, were released today. At least four cars have been sold and will contest the 2010 F2000 Championship Series season, which begins in April at VIR. Read the rest of this entry »

Nelson Piquet has revealed that his plans for the 2010 season will be known “very soon”. The 24-year-old Brazilian was ousted by Renault this year before the ‘crashgate’ scandal, and has since tested twice for a NASCAR Truck series team. Read the rest of this entry »

Former F1 driver Alex Yoong has slammed Petronas’ decision to become title sponsor to the Mercedes GP team. Yoong, who contested 18 grands prix for Minardi in 2001-2, has joined the new Malaysian-owned Lotus team as its head of Asian driver development. Read the rest of this entry »

Compass360 Racing (C360R) released details on its second season-long driver pairing

In GRAND-AM’s Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. Longtime GRAND-AM competitor David Thilenius will share the team’s No. 74 Honda Civic Si with Lawson Aschenbach. C360R won all three GRAND-AM Street Tuner championships (team, driver and manufacturer) in 2009, and these signings represent the commitment the team has in its championship defense. Read the rest of this entry »

Title winner Sebastien Loeb secures first place in top driver from the 2009 WRC season

Sebastien Loeb (left)

Sebastien Loeb may have clinched another WRC title in 2009, but the Frenchman certainly didn’t have it all his own way after being pushed hard to the finish by Mikko Hirvonen. Read the rest of this entry »

Fresh from a highly competitive debut season in the LMP1 class of the Le Mans Series, 25-year-old driver Pierre Ragues has secured one of the most prestigious drives in the championship for 2010. The Frenchman has extended his contract with the highly-regarded Signature team, who were recently confirmed as Official LMP1 Partner of Aston Martin Racing for next season. Read the rest of this entry »

With six wins, thirteen podiums and a ninth grand prix title, Valentino Rossi is top MotoGP rider of 2009

Another year, another title for Valentino Rossi, the most successful motorcycle rider of all-time notching up a ninth grand prix crown in 2009. Proving once again that he is always the safest bet for title predictions before the start of the season, Casey Stoner may have stolen the headlines in testing and Jorge Lorenzo snatched the initiative in the early rounds, but Rossi was the ultimately the man to beat over the course of the year. Read the rest of this entry »